Maartje Goodeve, Nascence Coaching, BC, Canada

“The Cultural DetectiveOnline is a sound investment for my work as an intercultural and relocation coach. I will also suggest to my clients to get a subscription for themselves.”

Staff, one of the world’s largest companies in their industry

“It taught me that when you are communicating across cultures, you need to give time for people to grasp what is being talked about, and time for everyone to establish a common structure of understanding about cultural backgrounds and assumptions.”

“While other cultural databases do an effective job of providing country overviews, CD Online offers unique and complementary capabilities. In addition to crisp, clear detailed summaries of each country’s cultural values, the nearly 400 cross-cultural incidents provided show users exactly what can go wrong when cultural understanding gaps exist. The tool follows-up by sharing the differences in cultural values that underlie each incident and offers concrete suggestions to build cultural bridges and avoid similar incidents.

CD Online is a great hands-on teaching tool that adds value to:

1) Employees beginning overseas assignments

2) Global project team members

3) Mergers and acquisition partners

4) Outsourcing engagements

Thanks for making this tool available to those who need it at a reasonable cost!”

Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification Attendee

“Having online materials provides greater opportunity to run remote and virtual training more effectively. The more tools in my toolbox also increases confidence and likelihood of being able to meet any clients’ needs.”

Nadine LeGros, Language & Communication Instructor, The University of Western Ontario

“Using Cultural Detectiveis a wonderful way to inform ourselves of cultural tendencies and to try to anticipate how our behaviour and messages might be perceived or misperceived by members of other cultures.”

Maartje Goodeve, Nascence Coaching, BC, Canada

“The emphasis on values and ‘lenses’ or interpretations is smack-on and invaluable insight for every personal and business relationship. The website and packages are easy to navigate, information is easy to find, and the visuals are supportive and integral to the product.”

Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization

“The other discovery came when I was working with another trainer on my team whose focus was on our new client company’s marketing strategy and how it evolved over many years in Australia. When he shared his extensive research on that strategy, it was immediately clear that the Australian core values I was covering were at the heart of our client’s branding. Based on that finding, we were able to weave our courses together into a powerful and cohesive curriculum.”

People to People International (PTPI) Global Youth Forum Leader

“During Cultural Detective students worked as team members to understand more about who they are: the value of exploring other people's values and discovering ways of making valuable connections with others.”

Turner White, Executive Professor of Management, Helzberg School of Management

“Cultural Detective is a beautiful illustration of the effect of the quality of cultural response in an executive's decision process. The interactive example was instructive and memorable—not a person in the room hadn't been in situations precisely like those we experienced in the practical exercise. Yet, we had in this case an opportunity to ‘unpack’ the experience and follow its likely conclusion. You fulfilled every expectation that I had for the seminar—my only regret is that we didn't have more time!”

Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization

“Learners were able to engage with the Critical Incidents deeply, perceptively, and energetically. We were able to pull out and analyze many ‘clues’ from the incidents, while having a lot of fun doing so!”

Maartje Goodeve, Nascence Coaching, BC, Canada

“The Cultural DetectiveOnline is a sound investment for my work as an intercultural and relocation coach. I will also suggest to my clients to get a subscription for themselves.”

Staff, one of the world’s largest companies in their industry

“It taught me that when you are communicating across cultures, you need to give time for people to grasp what is being talked about, and time for everyone to establish a common structure of understanding about cultural backgrounds and assumptions.”

“While other cultural databases do an effective job of providing country overviews, CD Online offers unique and complementary capabilities. In addition to crisp, clear detailed summaries of each country’s cultural values, the nearly 400 cross-cultural incidents provided show users exactly what can go wrong when cultural understanding gaps exist. The tool follows-up by sharing the differences in cultural values that underlie each incident and offers concrete suggestions to build cultural bridges and avoid similar incidents.

CD Online is a great hands-on teaching tool that adds value to:

1) Employees beginning overseas assignments

2) Global project team members

3) Mergers and acquisition partners

4) Outsourcing engagements

Thanks for making this tool available to those who need it at a reasonable cost!”

Cultural Detective Facilitator Certification Attendee

“Having online materials provides greater opportunity to run remote and virtual training more effectively. The more tools in my toolbox also increases confidence and likelihood of being able to meet any clients’ needs.”

Nadine LeGros, Language & Communication Instructor, The University of Western Ontario

“Using Cultural Detectiveis a wonderful way to inform ourselves of cultural tendencies and to try to anticipate how our behaviour and messages might be perceived or misperceived by members of other cultures.”

Maartje Goodeve, Nascence Coaching, BC, Canada

“The emphasis on values and ‘lenses’ or interpretations is smack-on and invaluable insight for every personal and business relationship. The website and packages are easy to navigate, information is easy to find, and the visuals are supportive and integral to the product.”

Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization

“The other discovery came when I was working with another trainer on my team whose focus was on our new client company’s marketing strategy and how it evolved over many years in Australia. When he shared his extensive research on that strategy, it was immediately clear that the Australian core values I was covering were at the heart of our client’s branding. Based on that finding, we were able to weave our courses together into a powerful and cohesive curriculum.”

People to People International (PTPI) Global Youth Forum Leader

“During Cultural Detective students worked as team members to understand more about who they are: the value of exploring other people's values and discovering ways of making valuable connections with others.”

Turner White, Executive Professor of Management, Helzberg School of Management

“Cultural Detective is a beautiful illustration of the effect of the quality of cultural response in an executive's decision process. The interactive example was instructive and memorable—not a person in the room hadn't been in situations precisely like those we experienced in the practical exercise. Yet, we had in this case an opportunity to ‘unpack’ the experience and follow its likely conclusion. You fulfilled every expectation that I had for the seminar—my only regret is that we didn't have more time!”

Senior Instructional Designer, Major Payroll Services Organization

“Learners were able to engage with the Critical Incidents deeply, perceptively, and energetically. We were able to pull out and analyze many ‘clues’ from the incidents, while having a lot of fun doing so!”